Insect-shooting device



Dec. 21 1926.

w. B. KlRs'rEN INSECT SHOOTING DEVICE Filedy Feb. v 1924 l AmR/vfy Patented Dec. 21V, 1926.

sairsoflsrarss PATENT A'po-Frisia;

,WALTER BRUNO nawin Kras'rnn, or snarfrnn, wasiirnofron.`

NSECT-SHOOTING DEVECE.

Application f11ed February veyors of contaminating germs that makev their existence exceedingly dangerous to health, and render said insects particularly `dangerous to, andv destructive of, foot, in

i that they are often known to render the fill unsanitary, and therefore unfit for human use. To the end of exter-minatinr,` such im sects, among otherfmeans, there have beenv provided liquids which, sprayed upon the said insects, shortly cause their death, said liquids in themselves beingnon-poisonous and non-injurious. Y v y The device,'according to present practice design, for. projecting this liquid upon the said insects, consists of a sprayer, or it may be of the well-known atomizer type operated by blowing `through a tube connected with said liquid. rlhis means or method of vpro-I jecting the liquid requires large quantities of the fly killing fluid, and is not' adapted Vto be used by children to the best advantage. A primary object of my invention is to provide a means which will yconserve said liquid and require only la fraction of what is ordinai-ily used to attain results equally efficient as respects destruction of the'insectaand at the same time to'provide a device which will enlist and appeal to the hunting instinct. In short, a primary object of my invention is toprovide an insect shootingl device in the form of a pistol. Y y p c ln providing such a device. the problem of ln'oviding `the same'ofsuch form and con-V struction thatit will ,be economical to manufacture, of long-wearingquality,` of e'lieient operation and free from getting out of order, constitutes serions difficulties which must be overcon'ie. A primary object of my invention is to provide such an insect shooting device. A

A further difficulty in providing a shootingmeans which is designed to shootabead or.

shot of liquid, as distinguished from discharging a continuous.stream of liq`uid,is

7, 1924. Serial No.1691,095.

met when it is'desired to shoot upwardly, be-

cause the bead or shot of liquid tends to run i downv the barrel, and such bead or shot should be maintained in the end portion ofA the barrel opposite to the handle end. "A further requisite in providing` such a shooting means is that the bead or shot of liquid must be uniform in' size, so Vthat a condition to be satisfied in providing such an insect shooting means is to automatically provide a luniform-quantityof vliquid to constitute the shot or bead. The amount 'offluid pressure requisite for -thedis'charging of a bead' or' shot` of liquid bears aV ratio to the size of such bead or shot `forthe best-operation of the device. Therefore, the uniformity -or quantity of the liquid constituting such bead` or-shoti's important.V primary object of my invention is to provide a shooting de vice which will satisfy the requirements and conditions set forth inythis paragraph.

A further condition to be metinproviding such a shootingv device, whereint-he bead or shot of liquid is maintained in the'outwardI end portion of thebarrel, arises in providing 'proper iluid'pressure producing means. l

Merely disposing anordinary piston in the barrel*wouldtriotf'operate properly, for the reasonthat it would-cause the pressure of air upon lthe shot of vliquid to be developed gradually, and tlieair rushing ahead of the piston would tendto vdislodge the bead or shot beforeV the main pressure was created,A

i. e., before the pressure'was created of such magnitude as to properly shoot out the bead. Therefore, the fluid pressure means must `be such as to create very suddenly, i. "eg, within a relatively short period of time, a high air pressure, sothat the sudden. impact of this air will strike the bead or shot of liquid withy such force as to carry it forward the desired distance. Any gradually increasing or slowly developed pressure would dislodge the bead or shot from the4 end of the barrel, so that whenthe main pressure came forward, there would be noV shotlthere-uponv which. said vpressure couldV act; A primary object of my invention is to provide a shooting means which will overcome this difficultyv and'ivill discharge what in effect is a shot of air filled with liquid, i. e., a lilni'of liquid with air back of it,4 Y V' The above mentioned general objects of my invention, .together with others inherent. in the samepare attained by the device illuslUll iin Y CLI (lll

ed at 15 into said handle casing 5.

trated inthe following drawings, the same .being merely preferred exemplary forms of embodiment of my invention, throughoutl which drawings like reference numerals indicate like parts:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of an insect shooting device embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of a modified` form of barrel for such device;

Fig. 3 a view in side elevation of a modified form off a piston constituting a part of said invention;

Fig-4l is a plan view `of said modified form of piston; p n i Fig. 5 is a side view of another modified form of piston; and

Fig. 6 is the blank for sai-d piston.

ln constructing my shooting device, I provide a handle lcasing 5 with a cover 6. In the upper part of the casing 5, a piston cylinder 7 is secured, in `which is operatively disposed a piston 8. In oneend portion of the piston cylinder 7 is secured a pistol barrel 9, and in the end portion of said barrel 9 is preferably disposed a liquid shot holdino nozzle 10. The term shot4 or beadjiis used to designate a small quantity of liquid, which constitutes the projectile. This shot holding nozzle 10 is preferably provided of smaller dia-meter and smaller bore than the regular barrel 9, and preferably extends beyond the end 'of the main barrel for reasons hereinafterl set forth.

The inner end portion of said shot holding nozzle 10 is Ipreferably tapered at 11, so that the edges in'nnediately adjacent to the bore form an acute angle with `sai-d bore.

rl`he mechanism foroperating the piston 8 is as follows: A piston lever 12 is pivotally connected to said piston 8, said piston lever 1Q having a slot 13 in the rear end portion thereof. Main lever 14 is pivotally mount- The main lever 14e is pivotally'connected to piston lever 1Q by means of pin 1G *slidably disposed in slot 13. A trigger block 17 is mounted upon said main lever. 14; and a spring pin 18 is also provided on said main lever 14. On the .lower end of said main levelI lil, a cocking lever 19 is hingedly mounted at 20, onel end of which lever 19 is sli-dably disposed in an opening Q1 in the handle ci sing 5. Also, pivotally mounted on said handle casing` 5 is trigger 22 at 23, said trigger 22 having a shoulder 24 disposed to engage trigger-block 17. A main spring 25 may be disposed pivotally mounted on pin 15 with one end preferably bearing on trigger QQ and one end disposed against spring pin 1S. so that said piston S. through its lever connections, may be forcibly actuated in piston cylinder 7. A cooking spring 26 may mountedas respects its end portion 2T in handle casing 5, and the other end disposed to be engaged by the cooking lever 19. The cooking spring 26 is preferably formed to constitute a part of the gripping means of the shooting device.

A modified form of barrel. 28, enlarged for purposes of illustration, to operate as an automatic shot feeder, which may be provided for the shooting device en'ibodying my invention, may be provided as follows: Said barrel may be interchangeable with the single shot barrel 9. A shot holding nozzle 29, (see llig. 2), may be provided concentrically disposed in one end portion of barrel Q8. Shot holding nozzle 29 may be provided with `slots 30. In the recess 3l about shot holding nozzle 29, I preferably provide fluid absorbent means 32, which is operatively connected by a wick-like means 33 with a fluid receptacle 34, preferably in the form of a barrel subtended to barrel E28. rl`he fluid receptacle 311 is provided with a removable cap 35, so that from time to time as occasion may demand, said receptacle may be provided with al fresh supply of fluid. Also, cap 36 is preferably provided to p rmit of access tothe interior of receptacle 84. Vilicklike member 38 is Venclosed in a tube 37, which preferably extends nearly to the end of receptacle 34e.

'.lhe modified form of piston shown in Figs. 23 and l is constructed as follows: Two disks 23S and C39 are connected with a flat member -l-(l, having aslot l1, the material of said slot being bent downwardly to form abutn'ient member 42, against which the end of a main spring lever 1,4-, shown in dotted line, may strike.

The mode of operation of a device embodying my invention is as follows: iissuniing that the means for operating and tripping l* the fluid means is in cocked position. i. o., position shown in full line in Fig. 1, the shot holding nozzle 10 is dipped into a ily cxtcrmimiting fluid,land the capillary.v attraction of the liquidy immediately causes said l fluid to extend upwardlY in the bore of nozzle 10. The tapered end portion 11 of the shot holding nozzle 19 prevents capillary attraetion, which would otherwise lead the liquid into the bore of barrel 9. ready .for shooting. lt will be noted that by thus utilizingcapillary attraction to till the nozzle. 10 and having thev end portion tapered. the filling operation will be stopped, and there is provided a bea-d or shot of liquid of uniform size for each charg so that it is possible to provide the fluid pressure producing means of proper proportion to project forward the shot of liquid. Also. it will be notedthatV utilizing capillary attraetion in the nozzle 10 provides for using the instrun'ient when shooting upwardl;Iv without the said shot of liquid running down the main barrel 9. i

Approach to the insect is facilitated by The device is then l loo reason of the small diameter of the* Yshot holding nozzle 10,since nolarge blunt ob-v ject is thereby projected towards the insect. ln discharging theshooting device, trigger is pulled baclnvardly, which liftsV its shoulder 2i as respects trigger blocl; 1?, and thus spring Q5 is permitted forcibly toactuate main lever lll forwardly. The first movement of main l ver lfiis without any corresponding movement on the part of pis-` ton 8 or lever 12, as during this period the pin 16 of the main lever lil is only moving the length of he slot 13; However, when the length of said slot 13 has been travelled, the pin 1G operates with ram-like effect upon piston lever 12, and consequently upon piston 8, actuating suddenly the piston 8 forwardly at a high velocity, so that there is a sudden discharge of compressed air against the li uid in the shot holding nozzle 10..

`he suddenness of operation is most important for elli ient operation, because a gradually increasing pressure would operate to cause some of the liquid in the shot holding p nozzle to escape by merely running out of the same, or with sufficient force only to malte the liquid approach near to the insect, which might result in frightening the insect away, permitting it to escape the discharge, or such amount of the discharge as would be requisite to cause its death.

Cooking operation of the means for operating` and tripping` the fluid or air pressure producing means is accomplished as follows :l vWhen the shooting device is thus discharged, the main lever 14s, piston 8 and lever 19 sume the positions indicated in dotted line shown in Fig. 1, i. e., the outer end portion of lever 19 is disposed against cooking springl 2G. By gripping thehandle of the handle casing 5, obviously cooking spring 2G may be forced forwardly, thereby pushing lever S) forward and forcing the lower end Vportion of main lever 14e forward, which actnates the upper end of main lever 115i rearwardly, thereby drawing with it piston 8 through the connecting .means of piston lever 12. Since trigger 22 is actuated 'downwardly by one end portion of main spring 25, it is manifest that when the trigger block i7 is carried back a sufficient distance, the shoulder 24 of trigger 22 will drop into holdingposition on trigger block 17. Thus, the mechanism is made ready for discharging.

'lhe inode of operation of the auton'iatic barrel is as follows: Capillary attraction will convey the fluid in the receptacle 34. through wick means to the fluid absorbent means 3Q packed about the shot holding nozzle 9,9. Said tlui'dwill' then collect in small globules on the inner bore of shot holding nozzle by passing down through the slots 30. so that a suiiicient quantity of. said liquid is automatically provided to the shot holding nozzle 29 for exterminating the ordinary insect,suchf.as the'house fly. The nozzle-2S) is on anl enlarged scale forpurposesolv illustration: ln actual manufacture, it is preferably of the saine size as the vbore-ofnozzle 1G. it'find ythat when the diameterof lthe bore' of the nozzle 10 is iiive siXt-y-fourthsfof an inch (i5/Gew, Vandwthe being specially designed for economical man# ufacture.

VThe dislr members 46 and i7 are integrally connected with the member d3.

Obviously, changes may be made in the forms, dimensions and arrangement of the parts of my invention, Without departing` from the principle thereof, the above setting forth only preferred forms of embodiment.

I claim:

1. An .insect .shooting device embodying a barrel; va liquid shot holding nozzle disposed in the end portion of said barrel rela` tively of smaller diameter `than said barrel; an air pressure producing means consisting of a piston cylinder disposed at the endof said barrel, said cylinder being of larger diameter than said barrel; a piston operatively disposed in sai-d cylinder; and means for operating and tripping said air pressure producing means.

2. vA n insect shooting device embodying a barrel; a liquid shot holding nozzle disposed in the end portion of said barrel relatively of smaller diameter than said'barrel; an air pressure producing means consisting of a piston cylinder disposed at the end of said barrel, said cylinder being of larger diameter than said barrel; a piston operatively disposed in said cylinder gV actuating means for said piston which is of the ram type; and means for tripping said actuating means.

3. An insect'shoo'ting device embodying a handle casing; barrel; a piston cylinder; a piston in4 said cylinder; a piston connecting lever with a slot in one end thereof; a main lever pivotally connected in Vsaid piston slot to said piston lever, said main lever having a trigger block, being pivotally mounted near its opposite end portion to said handle casing; a cocking lever pivotally connected to the said main lever; a

`cooking spring operatively disposedl with respect to said cooking lever; a trigger pivotally mounted on said handle casing and operatively disposed with respect to .said trigger block; and a niain'spring operatively disposed with respect to said main lever and said trigger.

4. In combination with an insect shooting device, a main barrel and a small liquid shot nozzle, having the Walls constituting the inner end portion forming an acute angle with respect to the bore of said liquid shot nozzle.

`In Witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this 1st day of February7 A. D. 

